Improvement in presses for hay



G. MARTINEZ.

HAY PRESS.

Patented May 30, 1842.

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IMPROVEMENT m PRESSES FOR HAY, 800.-

Specilicaiion forming part of Letters Patent No. 2,657, dated May 30, 1842.-

To all whom, may, concern.-

.Be it known. that I, CALEB MARTINE, of Greensburg, "Westc'hester county, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Press the several parts, the box B, in which the piston moves'and the pressing takes place, the piston C and cogged piston-rod D, the gearing 'E,"for raising and lowering the piston, being fore be particularly describer The improvement is principally in combining the gearing and piston with aturning-post, F, so that the piston O can be raised from the box B and turned aside from it for the purpose of filling the box, and also several other parts,which willbe described hereniafter'. The turning-post F is placed at one end of the box in the. frame, and turns between two sills, a a, Fig. 3,,at the bottom of the frame, with a notch, b, at the bottom of the post at the sills (represented by dotted lines) forming a shoulder which turns on thesills and a collar below them. Said post F' extends above the top of theframe, and has framed into it by one of its endsa' horizontal beam, G, while the other end is supported by an arm and wheel, H, the wheel turning on the top of the frame. On a horizontal cover, a, thereto, is a segment-curve, d, fixed on said cover, while swinging the piston round from the box B. The beam G is secured to a post, 6, by a stapleyl, or other convenient means. To this horizontal beam are fastened the standards and posts K K K, andbraces for sustaining the gearing and racked pistonrod and piston, the axles of the several cogwheels and pinid'ns turning in'the aforesaid standards. The axle f of the upper pinion, E, has a crank, L, by which it is turned for operating the gearing in pressing. The axle M of the lower pinion, E, and first cogWheel,

made similar to others in use, need not there- E", is also provided with acrank, V, Fig. 1, for raising the piston g yith gmafipp ggeed,

The rack-piston D is kept 11f gear with ftlie third pinion, E", by a strap, N, fastened by its endaztothe standards, and embracing avertiin number.

cal'timber, K pressinga'gainst' the back of the rack or sustaining anti-friction rollers 1? against it, which timber'is pressed nearer to the rack by a wedge, Q, inserted between it and the staple.- A pawl, R, is attached tothe axle of t-he first crank-shaft, which drops against the teeth of the first cog-wheel tohold it from turning back by the resistance of the body to be pressed. The under side ofthe piston and the bottom of the box are grooved at S to admit the hoops .for securing the bale I or bundle. The lower part of the box is provided with hinged doors T, which are secured by bars during the pressing, and opened when the bale is to behoopedand removed. One end, U, of the part of the box where'the bale is pressed is made removable, to render thedischarge ofthe bale from the box more easy.

The box should generally be made about four by two feet wide and ten feet high.

Operation: The machine maybe worked by hand with great facility, and can press a bundle of hay in fifteen minutes with ease. The

cog-wheels E E and pinions E E E raise the shaft some seven or eight feet above the top floor. The doors T at'th'e bottom of the machine are thenclosed and made secure with uprights wedged at the bottom. One of the posts,

J, which is stationary, secures the fall back of the box in which the hay is pressed, by wedge W. The machinery, which is attached to the beam -G, which'turns, is then moved off to the side and leaves the mouth of the box open for the introduction of thehay. The box must be filled with hay and presseddown with the feet. The box being filled, the machinery and piston are broughtover the mouth of the box and made secure by the staple I, which has an eye in it through which a pinis passed upon the outp side of the beam.

The two cranks are used to press the hay; but one hand is sufficient to work it until itcomes within ten or twelve inches of one inch square.

then nailed to the top of the strips of wood,

which are placed at the top of the bale coming out at the side thereof, there being one in the center of thetop and bottom, making six strips in all, their size from four feet longto The'strips in the bottom are placed before the hay is put in, and at the top after the hay is prepared for the press. When the press is to be raised from the hay, the crank V, which'is placed upon the axle M of the second pinion and first cog-wheel, raises the piston with greater speed, the hay being hooped ready'for removing. The wedge W is displaced from the end U, which moves, and the end is thrown back three inches. The bundle is then easily removed. The cog-wheels and axles areall made of cast-iron; The cogs upon the piston-rod are also cast-iron, and fixed to a shaft made of some hard wood. The two largest cog-wheels are two feet four inches in diameter each. The next size is six inches in diameter, and the two remaining cog-wheels or pinions are each four inches in diameter.-

What I claim as my invention, and which I desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The mode of turning aside the piston from the box to fillthe-same, and returning thepiston andgearing to the boxin order to press the hay by means of the combination of the turning-post E, and'beam G, with the gearing E and c'o'gged piston-rod D.

' CALEB MARTINE.

Witnesses: STINVIN SWARTWOUT,

ARCHER MARTINE. 

